Consumer lending

We're counting down the list of this year's 300 Top Producers. Who made the second segment of the list?

We're counting down this year's Top Producers. Check out which loan officers made the cut in the first segment of the list!

The results of the 2016 Top Producers Survey reflect a year of booming business for loan officers, both in terms of the dollar volume and number of loans reported by each loan officer, as well as the tremendous response to the survey itself.

Citing rising cost and time constraints, PHH Corp. will stop internally building its retail originations business and instead focus on acquisitions and its joint venture with Realogy Corp., PHH Home Loans.

Mechanics Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif., has entered the residential mortgage market and hired a banker to lead the new loan group.

Bank mortgage originations were up 7% in the fourth quarter of 2015, while the number of Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-insured institutions that deal primarily in mortgages dropped more than 9% from a year ago.

Caliber Home Loans has named former CitiMortgage head Sanjiv Das as its next chief executive.

Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., has launched a national homebuilder lending platform.

Bank of Botetourt in Buchanan, Va., said Thursday it has opened a mortgage division to pursue unmet demand for home loans in southwestern Virginia.

Financial companies from Quicken Loans to SoFi will be advertising in Sunday's game — a rare sight in recent years — despite the estimate $5 million price tag.